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Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures Abbreviation SPAA Discipline Parallel computing and distributed computing Publication details Publisher ACM History 1989– Frequency annual

The **ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures** (**SPAA**) is an [academic conference](/source/Academic_conference) in the fields of [parallel computing](/source/Parallel_computing) and [distributed computing](/source/Distributed_computing). It is sponsored by the [Association for Computing Machinery](/source/Association_for_Computing_Machinery) special interest groups [SIGACT](/source/ACM_SIGACT) and [SIGARCH](/source/ACM_SIGARCH), and it is organized in cooperation with the [European Association for Theoretical Computer Science](/source/European_Association_for_Theoretical_Computer_Science) (EATCS).[1]

## History

SPAA was first organised on 18–21 June 1989, in [Santa Fe, New Mexico](/source/Santa_Fe%2C_New_Mexico), [United States](/source/United_States).[2] In 1989–2002, SPAA was known as **Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures**. In 2003, the name changed to *Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures* to reflect the extended scope of the conference.[3]

In 2003 and 2007, SPAA was part of the [Federated Computing Research Conference](/source/Federated_Computing_Research_Conference) (FCRC). In 1998, 2005, 2009, and 2024, SPAA was co-located with the ACM [Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing](/source/Symposium_on_Principles_of_Distributed_Computing) (PODC).[4]

## See also

- The [list of distributed computing conferences](/source/List_of_distributed_computing_conferences) contains other academic conferences in parallel and distributed computing.

- The [list of computer science conferences](/source/List_of_computer_science_conferences) contains other academic conferences in computer science.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [SPAA web site](http://www.spaa-conference.org/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** F. T. Leighton, editor: Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures, 1989, ACM Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-89791-323-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89791-323-X). [\[1\]](http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=72935)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [SPAA 2003 web site](http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~spaa/2003/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures – Nantes, France, 2024"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240610132046/https://spaa.acm.org/). *ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures*. Archived from [the original](https://spaa.acm.org/) on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-17.

## External links

- [SPAA proceedings](https://dl.acm.org/conference/spaa/proceedings) in [ACM Digital Library](/source/ACM_Digital_Library).

- [SPAA proceedings information](https://dblp.org/streams/conf/spaa) in [DBLP](/source/DBLP).

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